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Judicial Council requests more staff for accountability-court certification, statewide coordinator and legal help centers
Summary
The Judicial Council and Administrative Office of the Courts presented FY2026 requests for new certification and coordination positions for accountability (treatment) courts, funding for dispute-resolution program support, and continued grants for legal self-help centers and medical-legal partnerships.
The Judicial Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts asked the House appropriations subcommittee on May 20 for FY2026 funding to increase support for accountability (treatment) courts and to expand services that help unrepresented litigants.
Presenters described three staff requests tied to the Council’s expanding oversight of accountability courts: (1) a certification officer to help manage the biennial certification process for roughly 91 accountability courts statewide; (2) a statewide coordinator to help courts identify and connect local participants to services such as job training, GED programs, transportation and housing; and (3) position funding to support the expanding juvenile-accountability-court certification workload. The Council…
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